Letter: How to win the war on drugs

Monday

Mar 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM

We will lose the war on drugs because they refuse to deal severely with the customers who are participants in a "Continuing Criminal Enterprise" and provide all the billions of dollars that sustains that illegal business.

Take the customers off the street and lock them up for a period of time that lets the public know that you mean business in your war on illegal drugs. First offense of simple possession of a controlled substance is three years in prison with no exceptions and no time off for any reason. Breaking rules in prison means time will be added to your sentence. Second offense will be seven years and third offense is 25 years in prison. Fourth offense is life in prison with no exceptions, no parole, no time off for any reason and no pardons.

Drug customers are the source of all the billions of dollars that create the impetus for the whole illegal business. Take the customers off the street and you have no illegal drug business. It will also stop a lot of criminal activity involved in getting money for drugs.